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A1.2·rock·5:36

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Guns N' Roses · 1991

Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Guns N' Roses (1991) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
  • Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh, yeah
  • Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy, hey, yeah
  • Ooh...

Echo the hook

  • Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy, hey, yeah
  • Ooh-oh, yeah, oh, yeah, aw
knockknockin'heaven's

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Mama, take thisfrom me

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

It'sdark, too dark to see

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Knock-knock-knockin' ondoor, hey, hey, hey hey, yeah

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Mama, put my guns in the(ooh)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I can'tthem anymore (ooh)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, hey, hey,yeah

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't use it anymore

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't shoot them anymore ooh

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Mama, take this badge from me

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy, hey, yeah

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Mama, take this ? from me

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It's ? dark, too dark to see

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's ? ooh

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Mama, put my ? in the ground (ooh)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, hey, hey, ? yeah

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "knock" in the whole song?

"knock"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "knockin'" in the whole song?

"knockin'"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
  • Mama, put my guns in the ground (ooh)
  • Mama, take this badge from me

Exercise 25

Imagine you are making a short film with "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

knockknockin'heaven'sdoor

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

knockknockin'heaven'sdoor

Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

knockknockin'heaven'sdoor

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • wouldn't→

Exercise 29

Rewrite the chorus of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

knockknockin'heaven'sdoor

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

knockknockin'heaven'sdoor